English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century - Part 34
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"British Dance of Death" (allegorical coloured frontispiece). 1828.

"Spirit of the Age" Newspaper (vignette). 1828.

[_With his brother._] The designs on wood for the "Universal Songster; or, Museum of Mirth." (3 vols.) 1828.

"London Oddities; or, Theatrical Cabinet, and t.i.t-bits of Humour and Eccentricity." 1828.

"The Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic." 1828.

_The following between 1830 and 1832._

"Cruikshank's Comic Alb.u.m" (sometimes called "Facetiae"), being a series of little books published by Kidd, Miller, and others, afterwards collected into 3 vols.

"Walks about Town by an Antiquated Trio," three designs.

"The Condition of the West Indian Slave contrasted with that of the Infant Slave in our English Factories."

"Cruikshank and the New Police, showing the great Utility of that Military Body."

"Cruikshank _versus_ Witchcraft"; "Mary Ogilvie"; "Wee Watty."

"Robert Cruikshank _versus_ Sir Andrew Agnew."

W. S. Moncrieff's "March of Intellect," six designs.

[_With Kenny Meadows._] "The Devil in London."

"A Slap at the Times."

Ill.u.s.trations to Foote's "Tailors," and "Mayor of Garratt"; O'Hara's "Midas"; "The Beggars' Opera"; "Katherine and Petruchio," and others.

_The following between 1831 and 1836._

Design on wood for "Figaro in London."

[_With Seymour and others._] Ill.u.s.trations to a periodical called "The Thief."

Twenty ill.u.s.trations to W. R. Macdonald's "Comic Alphabet." (A rival to George Cruikshank's work of the same t.i.tle.)

Eighty-five designs on wood to Crithannah's "Original Fables." Six designs on wood for "Readings from Dean Swift His Tale of a Tub, with Variorum Notes, and a Supplement for the use of the Nineteenth Century,"

by Quintus Flestrin Grildrig.

Johann Abricht's "Divine Emblems." And [_with his brother_]

ill.u.s.trations to J. Thomas's "Burlesque Drama." 1838.

[_With Seymour._] The series known as "Cruikshank at Home," and "The Odd Volume."

_The following in 1839-1840._

Ten vignettes to "The Lady and the Saints." Twelve designs on wood to "Colburn's Kalendar of Amus.e.m.e.nts in Town and Country." "Cozi Toobad."

[_With W. Lee._] Twenty-three steel plates and designs on wood for "Jem Blunt," by Barker (author of the celebrated "Greenwich Hospital").

_1842 and 1844._

[_With John Leech._] "Merrie England in the Olden Time," by George Daniel. (Since rep. by Warne & Co.) Three ill.u.s.trations to "James Hatfield and the Beauty of b.u.t.termere." [_With R. W. Buss and T.

Wageman._] "c.u.mberland's British and Minor Theatre." Fourteen etchings to Abraham Elder's "Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight." Nine aqua-tinta plates to Hugo Playfair's "Brother Jonathan, the Smartest Nation in all Creation."

_From 1845 to 1849._

"Sketches of Pumps Handled by Robert Cruikshank." Twenty-four etchings to "The Orphan; or, Memoirs of Matilda" (a translation of Sue's "Mathilde"). Forty etchings to "The Bertaudiere" (Chronicles of the Bastile).

_And the following_.

Francis L. Clarke's "Life of Wellington." Kentish's "Hudibrastic History of Lord Amherst's Visit to China." "The London Directory and London Ambulator." "Golden Key of the Treasures of Knowledge." "The Little World of Great and Good Things." E. Thomson's "Adventures of a Carpet."

"Raphael's Witch; or, Oracle of the Future" (ten coloured designs). "The London Stage" (a collection of about 180 plays, with a cut to each play; 4 vols.). Portrait of Mr. Oxberry as "Humphrey Gull" in the "Dwarf of Naples," etc., etc.

APPENDIX II.

_SOME MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF ROBERT SEYMOUR EXECUTED BETWEEN 1822 AND 1836._

"Views from the Poets." "The Devil on Two Sticks." "Ovid."

"Demosthenes." Views of Newstead Abbey, Margate, Dover, etc. Designs for "Benevolence, Friendship, and Death." "Quarrels of the Poets."

"Anatomical Theatre." "Vanities of the Human Race." "The Happy Family."

"The Gin-shop." "The Sleepwalker." "The Sluggard." "Don Juan." "The Economist." "The Chemist." "The March of Intellect." "The Great Joss and his Playthings." "The R----l Speech." The Works of Wordsworth, Southey, Gay, and other poets. Robinson's "History and Antiquities of Enfield."

Shakspeare's "Seven Ages." Hogarth's "Apprentices," and "Rake's Progress." "Uncle Timothy." Views of London. Sporting Almanacks. "Percy Anecdotes." "Book of Martyrs." "Portraits of Public Characters." "Death in London." "Spectre Bride." "Midnight Embrace." "The Red King." "The Ghost with ye Golden Casket." "The Devil's Ladder." "a.s.sisting, Resisting, and Desisting."

Contributions to "Friendship's Offering." 1824-36.

"Seymour's Comic Annual: a Perennial of Fun."

Miss Louisa Sheridan's "Comic Offering." 1831-1835.

"The National Omnibus," a journal of literature, etc. (designs on wood, with Cruikshank), 1831-1832; "The Comic Magazine," 1832-1834; Richardson's "Minor Drama," 1827-1830; Piers Shafton Granton's "Vagaries in Quest of the Wild and Wonderful"; "Mrs. Greece and her Rough Lovers"

[Russia and Turkey] (McLean), 1828; "How to Spell Harrowgate" (C. King), 1828; "Going by Steam" (G. King); "The Political Bellman"; "A Musical Genius" (G. Creed); "A Man of Taste and Feeling" (G. Creed).

_The following, among others, for McLean, in 1829._

"Search after Happiness" (two plates); Portrait of O'Connell; "Buonaparte in his Study"; "State of the Nation"; "Treasure Seeking"; "The Raft"; "O'Connell's Dream"; "London"; "Plot Discovered"; "Death of the Giraffe" (a series of plates); "Rival Actresses"; "Moments of Reflection"; "Ennui"; "The Ear-wig"; "The Lost Key"; "The Man Wot Steers"; "Raising the Wind"; "Catholic State Wagon."